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Indigenous turtle women combine tradition and technology to save endangered Amazon river turtles
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Indigenous turtle women combine tradition and technology to save endangered Amazon river turtles

In Ecuador's Amazon, a remarkable group of seven Siekopai women called Tari Nomiowa'i - or "turtle women" - are working to protect endangered charapa turtles by patrolling riverbanks and carefully collecting eggs from nests. They combine ancestral knowledge passed down through generations with modern technology like the Epicollect5 app to document and monitor every nest they find. The women then care for the eggs in protected incubation facilities and nurture the hatchlings for a month before releasing them back into the Aguarico River. Their dedication paid off spectacularly this year when they successfully hatched and released 208 baby turtles, while also inspiring their local community and schoolchildren to join in protecting these creatures that their culture views as sacred links between the physical and spiritual worlds.
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